March 2012 Blog Posts (11)

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  hello i have a question for all...i have a client who is being physically abused i have been working on her for almost close to a year at first it wasn't as bad as far as the scars but here lately they seem to worsen but by the next week they are healed a bit i see her every tuesday

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Massage Insurance Billing is a controversial topic. Many MT want to avoid it because of the challenges of extra paperwork and low returns.  They also are concerned that by getting involved in the medical process, they will lose their ability to help clients in the way they do now and will get mixed up in the 'fixing' mentality of insurance companies. 

Being able to bill for massage is one of the big factors that has allowed me to stay in practice for so long (23 years).  I…

plan to move to Allen TX. want to rent a room for massage. hope to get information.

Evolution - Recent seismic activity bodes well for our profession.

The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork has announced several bold new initiatives for moving the organization ahead. It’s no secret that the NCBTMB has had their ups and downs. The immediate past CEO, Paul Lindamood, had a lot to do with bringing them back from the brink of financial disaster that was caused partially by the MBLEx cutting drastically into their exam income, and partially by a previous…

As a male massage therapist it concerns me that 97% of my cold calls insist on having a female massage therapist.  I'm getting concerned.  What do other massage therapists think about this?

Last week, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards presented their long-awaited proposal for a new national continuing education approval program. They are calling it Maintenance of Core Competencies – or MOCC for short. As I indicated in my previous post, this proposal not only failed to deliver on the original promises made by FSMTB, it has turned the entire…

Growing and Changing - Professional development and competence.

Broad Ripple Massage Practice will host another event this year on the Monon to educate Monon goers in Broad Ripple of the benifits of Massage in this age of stress Thanks for all your support last year and this year will be even bigger :) Thanks Friends   http://www.broadripplemassage.com

Last week, the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards published a document outlining their proposal to jump into the continuing education market. They are calling the new program Maintenance of Core Competency – to be abbreviated as “MOCC”. I don’t know what planet this thing came from, but it sure ain’t from this solar system.

Coming fast on the heels of…